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Module 4: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How did amendments and the civil rights movement expand rights and the vote over time?

Analyze how constitutional amendments and the civil rights movement expanded civil rights and voting rights, including the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-sixth Amendments (LA Civics, Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens strand).
A Louisiana Civics answer on the expansion of civil rights and voting: the Reconstruction amendments (13th, 14th, 15th), the suffrage amendments (19th, 24th, 26th), the civil rights movement, and the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, with worked LEAP Civics style questions.
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What are the five freedoms of the First Amendment, and are they unlimited?

Explain the five freedoms of the First Amendment (religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition), and analyze how and why the courts allow some limits on them (LA Civics, Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens strand).
A Louisiana Civics answer on the five First Amendment freedoms (religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition), how the establishment and free exercise clauses work, and why the courts allow reasonable limits, with worked LEAP Civics style questions.
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What protections does the Constitution give to a person accused of a crime?

Explain the rights of the accused protected by the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments, including due process, and connect them to landmark cases such as Gideon v. Wainwright and Miranda v. Arizona (LA Civics, Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens strand).
A Louisiana Civics answer on the rights of the accused: protections in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments, due process, the right to a lawyer (Gideon), and Miranda warnings, with worked LEAP Civics style questions.
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What freedoms does the Bill of Rights protect, and why were they added to the Constitution?

Identify the freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights, explain the difference between civil liberties and civil rights, and analyze why the first ten amendments were added (LA Civics, Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens strand).
A Louisiana Civics answer on the Bill of Rights: the freedoms protected by the first ten amendments, the difference between civil liberties and civil rights, and why the Bill of Rights was added in 1791, with worked LEAP Civics style questions.
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How did the Fourteenth Amendment extend rights and equality to all Americans?

Explain the Fourteenth Amendment, including birthright citizenship, the equal protection clause, and the due process clause, and analyze how it applied the Bill of Rights to the states (LA Civics, Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens strand).
A Louisiana Civics answer on the Fourteenth Amendment: birthright citizenship, the equal protection clause, the due process clause, and how the amendment applied the Bill of Rights to the states, with worked LEAP Civics style questions.
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